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title: "x-markdown-tokens: glossary: Agent Ready HTML"
description: "x-markdown-tokens defined: A response header Cloudflare adds with the estimated token count of the markdown body. A dated, sourced example follows."
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# x-markdown-tokens: glossary: Agent Ready HTML

> x-markdown-tokens defined: A response header Cloudflare adds with the estimated token count of the markdown body. A dated, sourced example follows.

Source: https://agentreadyhtml.com/glossary/x-markdown-tokens/
Site: Agent Ready HTML
Last reviewed: 2026-11-04

# x-markdown-tokens

In short

A response header Cloudflare adds with the estimated token count of the markdown body. Example: A sample response in the Cloudflare post shows x-markdown-tokens: 725. Related terms: Accept header, Vary: Accept. Accept header: The request header that lists media types a client will take, with optional q weights.

## Source of the example

The example in the summary above is from [blog.cloudflare.com](https://blog.cloudflare.com/markdown-for-agents/), read 4 November 2026.

## Where it shows up on this site

-   [Method](https://agentreadyhtml.com/method/)

## Neighbouring terms

-   [Accept header](https://agentreadyhtml.com/glossary/accept-header/): The request header that lists media types a client will take, with optional q weights.
-   [Vary: Accept](https://agentreadyhtml.com/glossary/vary-accept/): A response header telling caches that the body depends on the Accept header, so HTML and markdown are stored separately.

## Sources

1.  [blog.cloudflare.com](https://blog.cloudflare.com/markdown-for-agents/) https://blog.cloudflare.com/markdown-for-agents/, read 4 November 2026

Last reviewed 4 November 2026

Edition

Crawl

2026-11-04

Page updated

2026-11-04

Method

How the viewer reads a page, how a file is graded and how a platform is scored: [the method page](https://agentreadyhtml.com/method/).